The Portable Steinbeck is a grand sampling of John Steinbeck's most important and popular works. Here are the complete novels Of Mice and Men and The Red Pony together with self-contained excerpts from several longer novels the text of his Nobel Prize acceptance speech a fascinating introduction by Pascal Covici Jr. son of Steinbeck's longtime editor and brand new introduction from leading Steinbeck scholar Susan Shillinglaw that puts Steinbeck in the context of the 21st century.